I reinstalled SimWorks Studios RV-14 in MSFS 2024 and couldn't find a way to remove the co-pilot. In 2020 I could do this by setting the co-pilot weight in W&B to 0.0 lbs, but now I can only do this in EFB and 0 or 0.0 doesn't work anymore. Selecting none for co-pilot avatar in settings also didn't work. Is it still possible to remove this dude?

For the life of me I couldn't understand why SWS decided that having a default co-pilot dude in their airplane is a good idea, absolutely driving me nuts. 

The only way to guarantee it on an SWS aircraft is to remove the Copilot entry from the aircraft.cfg - 

[PILOT]
pilot="Pilot_Male_Casual"
copilot=""
instructor="Pilot_Male_Casual"

 

Thanks! I believe my RV-14 is a MSFS 2020 market store purchase, so is it still possible to get access to its aircraft.cfg? Sorry that I don't have my flightsim computer to check right now. 

Try the freeware Gotfriends Legacy Weights & Balance addon:

https://www.got-friends.com/collections/freeware/products/legacy-weight-balance

Just add to your community folder. It puts a little weight icon in your 2024 handlebar that brings up the same weights and balance screen you see in 2020. I tried on the RV-14, and it removed the co-pilot just fine.

Hope that helps

23 hours ago, BBCM said:

Try the freeware Gotfriends Legacy Weights & Balance addon:

https://www.got-friends.com/collections/freeware/products/legacy-weight-balance

Thanks! I tried to download it but it requires an account with GotFriends - just too many accounts for me to create and remember... 

Fortunately I remembered that I also bought RV-14 from SWS directly specifically for the purpose of easy modification of aircraft.cfg to remove co-pilot. I redownloaded RV-14 from SWS, edited the aircraft.cfg, and now I'm finally alone in the cockpit. Problem solved.

It's really annoying that I can't do this easily with Market purchases. I prefer buying from Market place since the transactions are so much easier and streamlined.